BURYMEAD football club has been told it could not rope off areas of its pitch despite concerns that unauthorised people were using the site.

Bisley Parish Council refused the club permission to rope off two goalmouths used on Bisley’s recreation ground despite acknowledging a problem with unauthorised users .

A resolution was passed to seek legal advice, amid fears that other sports clubs were using the site for training and inconveniencing regular users.

But the football club, which shares the ground with the Grouse and Label cricket club, was given permission to install a flatscreen television at its sports pavillion on Bisley Green which is owned by the council.

Chairman Cllr John Tilbury hoped both clubs would benefit from the upgrade as the request was granted at a meeting in the village hall on Monday evening.

He said: “Anything in there benefits both licensees. Everything that is installed in the building is for the benefit of the cricket and football clubs.”

Among other proposals approved on the night, councillors opted to help fund the Bisley Residents’ Association’s newsletter and praised the work of its chairman Norman Holden.